(Discussion Thread) Romney's 1994 Debate With Ted Kennedy: Is Romney a 'Real Conservative?'

Conservative Brawler ^ | August 7, 2009 | Conservative Brawler

[Seth_Stuck]

Someone sent this video to me as a means to saying Romney isn't a "real conservative." I'm curious to see if any of you agree with this analysis, and why. Please post your thoughts directly on the blog in response to this post.

I will add my comments in a later post...

[Seth_Stuck]

Running into a new place and acting like you have been there forever and everyone should ‘know’ you is a bit much. Especially when the place is oft overrun with poseurs..

This isn't a new place, I've been here for half a year and I post on the forums almost every day. I'm one of the, if not the, most prominent conservatives on Digg and have ~1800 conservatives following me on twitter. I spend almost every waking hour defending conservatism. I don't expect everyone to intuitively know who I am or what I do - I do, however, expect not to be flamed and attacked by people who are supposed to be my friends and allies. You all ought to be ashamed of yourselves - really.

[angkor]

you are boring.

[wagglebee]

Of course actual conservatives never ask if Myth Romney is a conservative.

[wagglebee]

I've been here for half a year and I post on the forums pimp my blogs here almost every day.

There, I fixed it for you.

I'm one of the, if not the, most prominent conservatives on Digg and have ~1800 conservatives following me on twitter.

Your name wouldn't happen to be Meghan McCain would it? I only ask because she suffers from similar delusions.

[rabscuttle385]

You really don't understand Freeper culture, do you?

Why don't you go read the Freeper lexicon, lore, and guide to common abbreviations?

You have been registered on Free Republic for just shy of six months. To someone who registered in 2006, or 2004, or 1998, or 1997, you are a newbie to this forum, and newbies are subject to very close scrutiny right now because of continuing attacks by leftists from DU, Kos, HuffPo, and other Web sites like Something Awful.

As for the charges of "blog pimping," you're guilty. Sorry. You posted a link to your blog with requests for Freepers to go over to your blog and do stuff there. That sort of thing is, by definition, blog pimping. Lots of Freepers don't take too kindly to that sort of thing, but it's not an automatic strike-out. They like bringing stuff here, however, and discussing it here, at Free Republic.

Now, I'm an undergrad at Virginia, and I've figured this out. You claim to be a grad student at Boston University, which I consider a fairly reputable academic institution, and I have friends and colleagues who went to school there. In other words, you're smart enough to understand what I'm telling you.

A lot of other Freepers have already pointed out to you the exact same things I am telling you now. Just listen up, take some guidance, and you'll still be here, happily Freeping, in six months. Otherwise, the Viking Kitties will eat you alive...probably tonight, in fact.

[50mm]

Don’t you know conservative is “relative”? In Taxachussetts, conservative means pro-abortion, pro-socialized medicine, pro-amnesty, pro-homosexual marriage and anti-2nd Amendment. LOL

[Impy]

That’s a silly response.

[Seth_Stuck]

Guess what, if they haven't heard of us by now (after all we took down Dan Ratherbiased, get mentioned by Rush all the time and get smeared in the press on a regular basis), they damn sure aren't going to hear about us on your little blog.

I don't know how to break this to you... but I have anywhere between 200-1,000 unique hits on my blogs each day. That's decent for a personal blog. But I don't do this for the attention. I'm just trying to spread the exposure to conservatism - and part of doing that entails that conservatives come together. I know, for a fact, that a significant majority of several online conservative communities do NOT use FR. I'm beginning to see why. You all are acting like children about this. Trolls came in here spouting a bunch of lies, nonsense and personal attacks for no reason whatsoever. ZOMG! He mentioned Mitt Romney in a question, asked for comments and posted a link to his blog in the BLOG SECTION! TROLL!!!

BS! I've researched your posts over the last month. You pimp your blogs and ping a few people to some threads.

BS! If you had researched my posts on this forum, you would have seen that I've been actively involved in discussions about how best to spread the conservative message through social media. That's what I do for a living. I'm just trying to do my part. Thanks for wasting hours of both our lives with this unfounded flaming. Instead of fighting socialism, you fighting someone that regularly fights for conservatism. So stupid...

[rabscuttle385]

No, there is no such limit that I am aware of.

[Seth_Stuck]

Wow... mature... mocking a fellow conservative’s last name. I fail to see why I’m being attacked. You all seem to ahve so much to say about Mitt Romney... but are mad at me for asking for your comments about Mitt Romney. Hahaha... wow... sooooo logical...

[50mm]

Hey! You photoshopped a cat head on James Carville's body!

[Seth_Stuck]

ZOMG! A known conservative posted a link to his blog in the blog section. Attack him personally! WTF are you people thinking?

[wagglebee]

Don’t you know conservative is “relative”? In Taxachussetts, conservative means pro-abortion, pro-socialized medicine, pro-amnesty, pro-homosexual marriage and anti-2nd Amendment.

Yeah, I remember how the Rooty Rooters complained how conservatives "had our feet on their necks for too long."

[Seth_Stuck]

Where do you get off making these assumptions? I get decent traffic as it is. I merely made the mistake of assuming that FR was a community of like-minded conservatives who were interested in other conservatives joining their community. I had no idea that you all cannibalized anyone the instant they had the audacity of posting a blog link in the BLOG SECTION! The horror!!!!

[wagglebee]

If you had researched my posts on this forum, you would have seen that I've been actively involved in discussions about how best to spread the conservative message through social media.

Post a link.

Instead of fighting socialism, you fighting someone that regularly fights for conservatism.

I fight socialism regardless of party affiliation, Myth is a socialist, I am trying to tell you that, YOU are simply trying to pimp your blog.

[paulycy]

Hey! You photoshopped a cat head on James Carville's body!

LOL!

[50mm]

Calm down, Seth! The hole you’re digging is over six feet deep now.

[50mm]

I visited your site and noticed thread after thread with 0 comments. So much for your thousands of hits comment. Either that or your readers were left speechless by your brilliant prose.

[Impy]

Something Awful hates FR? Too bad. At times they are amusing.
Photoshop Phriday for example.

[rabscuttle385]

Calm down, Seth! The hole you’re digging is over six feet deep now.

I have to agree with this.

Be nice, and try not to call Freepers "rabid" on Twitter or openly take the Lord's name in vain, okay?